We did get the long awaited Apple Event this week. Since Apple unloaded many of their releases last week already the event could focus entirely on new subscription services. Apple showed subscription services for magazines (Apple News+), games (Apple Arcade), credit card (Apple Card), and tv series (Apple tv+). Only Apple News+ is available now, the rest will come “later this year.” 10.15 release should be interesting.
More interesting for Apple Admins, the updates for macOS Mojave 10.14.4, iOS 12.2, watchOS 5.2 and tvOS 12.2 were released as well. Since these are the “Spring Updates” they bring with them some new user facing features: Apple News+, dark mode for Safari content, AirPods 2 support. Also some new features for administrators which I already outlined in a post.
Overall, not as big an update as 10.13.4 was, but still quite the event.
Also this week was MacAD.UK, where I presented on “Modern Delpoyment Workflows for Business.” I had a wonderful time meeting everyone at the conference. My thanks to the organizers, speakers and attendees for making this a great event.
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📰News and Opinion
- Last Week on My Mac: Don’t tell anyone, but we’re about to ship new iMacs – Howard Oakley
- iOS 12.2 and macOS 10.14.4 Add Apple News+ and Enhance Apps – Adam Engst, TidBITS
- ECG app and irregular rhythm notification on Apple Watch available today across Europe and Hong Kong – Apple
- G-Suite authentication comes to macOS for K–12 and enterprise customers using Jamf – Bradley Chambers, 9to5Mac
- Jamf Connect now integrates with Google’s G Suite and Cloud Identity – Jamf Blog
- Okta’s 2019 Tech Up-and-Comers #7: Joel Rennich
🐦MacAdmins on Twitter
🐞Bugs and Security
- Hackers Hijacked ASUS Software Updates to Install Backdoors on Thousands of Computers – Kim Zetter, Motherboard
- Malicious updates for ASUS laptops – Kaspersky Lab official blog
🔨Support and HowTos
- Yes, Logitech’s Crayon works with iPad Pro – Jason Snell, Six Colors
- Use OneDrive Files On-Demand on Mac – Microsoft Support
- Apple is killing QuickTime 7 in macOS 10.15: convert old media now – Howard Oakley
- Automated Device Enrollment – remediation for incorrectly scoped machines – Marcus Ransom
- Install SketchUp Extensions for All Users – Garrett Yamada
- Configuring Azure SSO in Jamf Pro – A Better Way? – Darren Wallace
- macOS Mojave 10.14.4 update fixes AD Mobile Account/FileVault password change sync issue – Mr. Macintosh
- Working around failed Apple software updates with Munki – Kevin M. Cox
🤖Scripting and Automation
- Packaging and Deploying the macOS Installer – Deploying macOS Upgrades with Jamf Pro – Jamf Technical Paper
- pandas – Carl Ashley
🍏Apple Support
- About incompatible media in Final Cut Pro X
- If a Microsoft Exchange contact shows the wrong birthday on your iPhone or iPad
- Install a configuration profile on your iPhone or iPad (The process has changed in iOS 12.2. After downloading the profile, an option will appear in Settings to install the downloaded profile. You have eight minutes, before it disappears again.)
- About the Screen Time passcode on managed devices
- Use Apple Configurator to connect to an Apple TV over a network
- If your Xsan Metadata Controller restarts unexpectedly
- About Xsan configuration profiles
- Resolve issues with Profile Manager in macOS Server
- Get started using Apple Business Manager or Apple School Manager with Mobile Device Management
Spring Udpates
- About iOS 12.2
- What’s new in the updates for macOS Mojave 10.14.4
- About watchOS 5.2
- What’s new in macOS Server 5.8
- What’s new in Apple Configurator 2.9
- Apple security updates
- Read magazines with Apple News+
- MDM Protocol Reference (PDF) (Updated 25 Mar 2019, “Minor updates and corrections.”)
- Configuration Profile Reference (PDF) (Updated 25 Mar 2019)
- What’s new in Classroom
- What’s new in Pages: iOS, Mac
- What’s new in Numbers: iOS, Mac
- What’s new in Keynote: iOS, Mac
- Xcode 10.2 Release Notes
Swift 5
Downloads
- Download macOS Mojave 10.14.4 Update
- Download macOS Mojave 10.14.4 Combo Update
- Download Security Update 2019–002 (High Sierra)
- Download Security Update 2019–002 (Sierra)
- Download Swift 5 Runtime Support for Command Line Tools
♻️Updates and Releases
- macOS Server 5.8
- Xcode 10.2
- Apple Configurator 2.9
- Shortcuts 2.2
- Pages 8.0
- Numbers 6.0
- Keynote 9.0
- Jamf Pro 10.11
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